| Seimat | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Ninigo andAnchorite island groups,Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ssg |
| Glottolog | seim1238 |
TheSeimat language is one of threeWestern Admiralty Islands languages, the other two beingWuvulu-Aua and the extinctKaniet. The language is spoken by approximately 1000 people on theNinigo and theAnchorite Islands in westernManus Province ofPapua New Guinea.[2] It hassubject–verb–object (SVO) word order.[2]
The alternate names for Seimat are Admiralitäts-inseln and Ninigo.[3]
Seimat has aquinary numeral system; numbers from one to five are unique, whereas most all other numbers are simply combinations of these. For example, numbers from six to nine are compounds based on five, combined with the words for one to four. Twenty is also a unique word, meaning "person"; it presumably refers to a full set of fingers and toes.[5]
| Seimat | English |
|---|---|
| tehu | one |
| hũõhu | two |
| toluhu | three |
| hinalo | four |
| te-panim (lit. 'one hand') | five |
| te-panim tehu | six |
| te-panim hũohu | seven |
| te-panim toluhu | eight |
| te-panim hinalo | nine |
| hũõ-panim (lit. 'two hands') | ten |
| hũõ-panim tehu | eleven |
| hũõ-panim hũõhu | twelve |
| tolupa (lit. 'three hands') | fifteen |
| tolupa tehu | sixteen |
| tolupa hũõhu | seventeen |
| seilon tel (lit. 'one man') | twenty |
| seilon tel tehu | twenty-one |
| seilon tel hũõhu | twenty-two |
| seilon tolu | thirty |
| seilon hinalo | forty |
| patei tel | hundred |
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